Called "flying tank" by the Russians and "the Black Death" by the Germans, the IL-2s proved so much their superiority over the German Messerschmitts and Junkers that Stalin is said to have remarked that "the IL-2 is as important for the Red Army as air and bread!"
In IL-2 Sturmovik, the player will be able to fly the IL-2 and it's derivatives as well as many other Russian, German and even US aircrafts. When the player fly the IL-2, he will attack German tank columns at treetop level, dodge deadly flak and avoid the covering Bf-109s